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Diego Garcia
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Reports have emerged that the US Navy is upgrading its submarine base at the isolated tropical atoll Diego Garcia, which is formally British territory.
The base improvements will allow its new class of SSGN nuclear submarines to operate from Diego Garcia, which is potentially noteworthy. The tiny island group is situated in the middle of the Indian Ocean, giving the US and its allies access to various strategic maritime choke points such as the Straits of Hormuz the entrance to the Gulf and the pirate-plagued waters of the Bab-el-Mandeb at the foot of the Red Sea.

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Latitude: 7°19S, Longitude: 72°25E

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